Tencent Music Plans IPO in United States at More than $25 Billion Valuation

Tencent Music Plans IPO in United States at More than $25 Billion Valuation

Tencent Music, a business unit of China technology giant Tencent Holdings, is planning an IPO in the United States that is expected to value the music business at more than $25 billion. The filing was made to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE) on 8th July 2018, which will be spin-off from Tencent Holdings (listed on HKSE).

” Tencent Music Plans IPO in United States at More than $25 Billion Valuation “

Tencent Music Entertainment Group, is a leading online music entertainment platform in China and is a business subsidiary of spin-off from Tencent Holdings. In December 2017, the world’s largest music streaming company Spotify, took a 9% equity stake in Tencent Music, and Tencent taking a 7.5% equity stake in Spotify. In April 2018, Spotify went public in United States at more than $26 billion market value. Spotify was founded by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon and was launched in 2008 and is available in more than 60 countries. It is the biggest music streaming company in the world with 71 million premium subscribers ($9.99 monthly) globally while Apple music streaming service has 36 million subscribers (April 2018). After the IPO, both founders Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon became billionaires with net worth of more than $2 billion & $1 billion respectively.

Tencent was founded in Shenzhen, China in November 1998 by 5 founders, Ma Huateng (Pony Ma), Zhang Zhidong, Xu Chenye, Chen Yidan and Zeng Liqing. It is one of the world’s largest technology company with a market value of more than $500 billion (July 2018) while Tencent CEO Ma Huateng (Pony Ma) is one of the world’s richest man with more than $40 billion personal net worth.

Tencent is a leading provider of Internet value added services in China. It has more than 1.04 billion users on its social messaging platforms, Weixin and WeChat and 805 million users its QQ platform. On June 16, 2004, Tencent Holdings Limited (SEHK 700) went public on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.